I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches you something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
Paulo Coelho (from the Witch of Portobello)
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What is a Teacher?
28 Comments CherryPie on Jan 25th 2012
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The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
I have just finished reading this charming book. For a few years after it came out, I read it each December as an advent calendar (it has 24 chapters). That lapsed in the last few years because things were a little hectic and December always runs away with me, but this year I made [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 24th 2011
Recently the publisher of this book contacted me to see if I would like to read the book and provided feedback. On receipt of the book I was immediately impressed by the quality of the photos and the ‘Did You Know?’ and ‘Top Tip’ highlights that feature throughout the book to emphasise information.
The book covers [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 1st 2011
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The Eden Legacy by Will Adams
Synopsis (from book cover):
Welcome to Eden population: Zero
Off the coast of Madagascar and on the run, underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox is searching for the wreck of a Chinese treasure ship. But when and old friend and her father vanish from the idyllic Eden nature reserve, he breaks cover to go and investigate.
It is the opportunity [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2011
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Great A’Tuin
Great A’Tuin is the Giant Star Turtle who travels through the Discworld universe carrying four elephants who in turn carry the Discworld:
The sex of the World Turtle is pivotal in proving or disproving a number of conflicting theories about the destination of Great A’Tuin’s journey through the cosmos. If, as the Discworld version of the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2011
There are four types of leaders:
The best leader is indistinguishable
from the will of those who selected her.
The next best leader enjoys the love
and praise of the people.
The poor leader rules through coercion and fear.
And the worst leader is a tyrant despised
by the multitudes who are the victims of his power.
What a world of difference among [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2011
…Churches, Houses, Castles
This was one of the books that I received for my birthday. I also received England’s Thousand Best Houses, England’s Thousand Best Churches (both by Simon Jenkins) and The Garden’s of English Heritage (by Gillian Mawray and Linden Groves). It has been one of my lunch time reads at work and if I [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2011
